Israel Speaks | The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Druzes | Heaven TV7

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Druzes

A tough community of Druzes lives on the Golan Heights in Israel. Recent events in Syria have a strong impact on them. Druzes are an ethnic minority which separated from Islam almost thousand years ago.

Druzes live in Israel, in Lebanon, and particularly in Syria. When Israel conquered Golan Heights from Syria in the war of 1967, it also took hold of four Druze villages populated by 20000 inhabitants. Many families were separated from their relatives on the Syrian side. Most of the villagers declined the citizenship of Israel offered to them, but chose to stay loyal to the Syrian government. Yet they are not hostile towards the state of Israel either.

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Israel Speaks deals with interesting phenomena, touching and even painful events, as well as people's daily lives in a country amidst a lot of pressure and tension.

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Episode number: 158
Duration: 30 min
Spoken languages:
English, Finnish, Hebrew
Subtitles:
Finnish, Estonian, English, Swedish